# Tabloid newspaper fails to report underage gay sex scandal. It's a good thing. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 21, 2013, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabloid-newspaper-fails-to-report-underage-gay-sex-scandal-its-a-good-thing/669380 "2013-09-21T12:55:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabloid-newspaper-fails-to-report-underage-gay-sex-scandal-its-a-good-thing/669380/1 "2013-09-21T12:55:48Z")
[Happy meal: British teens LOVE being nearly kicked out McDonald’s for being too fancy](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/mcdonald-kicks-teens-fancy-article-1.1458227) Two teens have a romantic evening together in Mickey Ds. They dress up, they bring tablecloths and silverware and it’s bit of harmless fun. In fact it’s a perfect slow news day story. The two teens are both 15. And they’re both boys. And it’s such a non issue that it isn’t even mentioned. I guess there’s at least one reporter out there who’s actually an mature adult 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NeonMadman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NeonMadman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NeonMadman)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabloid-newspaper-fails-to-report-underage-gay-sex-scandal-its-a-good-thing/669380/2 "2013-09-21T14:55:35Z")
Nothing in the article says that they were gay or that the purpose of what they did was romance. In fact, it says there were three boys, not two. I think you are reading something into the story that isn’t there. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabloid-newspaper-fails-to-report-underage-gay-sex-scandal-its-a-good-thing/669380/3 "2013-09-21T15:50:35Z")
It is a little confusing that the article and captions mention three boys, but only two are shown in the photos. And I’m slightly amused that wearing a dress shirt and tie is being “fancy” or dressed up. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabloid-newspaper-fails-to-report-underage-gay-sex-scandal-its-a-good-thing/669380/4 "2013-09-21T16:20:09Z")
From a [different article](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/10312698/Teenagers-asked-to-leave-McDonalds-over-posh-banquet.html) about the same two kids > [@](#): > > Mr Ford posted one along with the message: “Cheers to my beautiful boyfriend on our special night. Love you Adam.” > > He said the pair were “bringing romance to the next level”, adding: “We just thought the place needed a bit of class.” I’m pretty sure they’re a couple ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabloid-newspaper-fails-to-report-underage-gay-sex-scandal-its-a-good-thing/669380/5 "2013-09-21T16:47:02Z")
Later that article says, “Mr [Adam] Welland later clarified that they are not in a relationship and the meal was just for their amusement.” So apparently they’re not on the same page about the relationship. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabloid-newspaper-fails-to-report-underage-gay-sex-scandal-its-a-good-thing/669380/6 "2013-09-21T16:58:44Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > It is a little confusing that the article and captions mention three boys, but only two are shown in the photos. I assume the third kid took the photos. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabloid-newspaper-fails-to-report-underage-gay-sex-scandal-its-a-good-thing/669380/7 "2013-09-21T19:39:13Z")
> [@NeonMadman](#): > > Nothing in the article says that they were gay or that the purpose of what they did was romance. In fact, it says there were three boys, not two. I think you are reading something into the story that isn’t there. You’re right. On the other hand, a school trip back in my home town got some notoriety and one parent raising the roof about it because a few of the boys voluntarily dressed in drag for a costume party. It depends on where you are, but the hint of homosexuality will get some people in a tizzy, that sort of person will see signs of it everywhere they look. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabloid-newspaper-fails-to-report-underage-gay-sex-scandal-its-a-good-thing/669380/8 "2013-09-21T19:43:02Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > So apparently they’re not on the same page about the relationship. Or Ford was making a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabloid-newspaper-fails-to-report-underage-gay-sex-scandal-its-a-good-thing/669380/9 "2013-09-22T05:11:30Z")
It doesn’t look like they’re a couple, from reading the articles. It’s probably a good sign when two teenage boys can act in a way that might lead them to be mistaken for a couple without any sort of shame or homophobia on their part. I can’t imagine that having happened 20 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabloid-newspaper-fails-to-report-underage-gay-sex-scandal-its-a-good-thing/669380/10 "2013-09-22T09:05:57Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Or Ford was making a joke. I have one of those old wide carriage ascii pictures of myself and a female friend from the CNN tower in Toronto - it is inscribed something along the order of ‘My Darling Wife’ - based on a joke we made because we wandered around Toronto and got caught up in a wedding party at what seemed to be a town hall of sorts. Just the silly crap that teens will do. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabloid-newspaper-fails-to-report-underage-gay-sex-scandal-its-a-good-thing/669380/11 "2013-09-22T14:19:16Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > I have one of those old wide carriage ascii pictures of myself and a female friend from the CNN tower in Toronto - it is inscribed something along the order of ‘My Darling Wife’ - based on a joke we made because we wandered around Toronto and got caught up in a wedding party at what seemed to be a town hall of sorts. Just the silly crap that teens will do. (CN Tower) ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabloid-newspaper-fails-to-report-underage-gay-sex-scandal-its-a-good-thing/669380/12 "2013-09-23T09:51:22Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > (CN Tower) \ it has been something like 35 years, I am lucky I even remember it was in Toronto…😛 Though the tower view was spiffy. I love towers or skyscraper observation decks with lovely views. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabloid-newspaper-fails-to-report-underage-gay-sex-scandal-its-a-good-thing/669380/13 "2013-09-23T11:36:50Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > It is a little confusing that the article and captions mention three boys, but only two are shown in the photos. And I’m slightly amused that wearing a dress shirt and tie is being “fancy” or dressed up. Looks to me like school uniform. Matching grey trousers is a big giveaway. And I’m not seeing the gay either, just boys messing around. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabloid-newspaper-fails-to-report-underage-gay-sex-scandal-its-a-good-thing/669380/14 "2013-09-23T16:29:34Z")
Well, you know how it is, a couple of kids think it would be funny to go along and dine like a sir at their local McD’s, and we have to trumpet this as a great triumph for gay acceptance, just because. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabloid-newspaper-fails-to-report-underage-gay-sex-scandal-its-a-good-thing/669380/15 "2013-09-23T19:37:55Z")
I saw that picture a while ago and didn’t think the kids were gay at all. Just two guy friends doing stupid shit. What? Are you going to get a girl to go along with your stupid ass ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabloid-newspaper-fails-to-report-underage-gay-sex-scandal-its-a-good-thing/669380/16 "2013-09-24T07:43:52Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > I saw that picture a while ago and didn’t think the kids were gay at all. Agreed. [ul] [li]Solid color ties.[/li][li]Shirts not tucked in.[/li][li]Red wine with McDonalds meal?[/li][li]Cutlery they brought was plastic.[/li][li]Tablecloth was crooked.[/li][/ul] Obviously, those are straight boys!